Tahlia Perry is leaping from one win to another, following her recent trip to Perth to represent the University of Adelaide and the Environment Institute at Famelab, she has been interviewed on ABC Radio NSW.

She spoke to Tim Brunero about the weirdest things about echidnas, which is the subject of her PhD.

She mentions echidnas are the oldest mammals in the world, they actually hibernate in summer rather than winter and their spines are actually thickened hair!

For more fun facts, listen to her full interview here